Sasuke Says {SasuNaru} - FastForward (BoyxBoy)

Chapter 18

Sasuke says

October 14th, 13:01

Naruto had honestly thought that he was going to get woken up for school, as per usual. That he was going to be downstairs for breakfast, where his father would be ignoring him and then he'd leave and bitch about his horrible life to Kiba once he reached the other.

That didn't happen, though. First off, Kiba had never gone home, he was sleeping on the floor beside Naruto's bed on a blow-up mattress. Secondly, Naruto's bleary eyes caught the time off his digital clock, denoting it was one in the afternoon, and therefore well into the school day. And thirdly, his father was currently sleeping beside him.

Now normally, that'd be weird. Disturbing, even. But somehow, Naruto wasn't really that bothered by it. It actually even felt kind of nice that his dad was there, clearly proving that he cared about his son like nobody's business. If nothing else, Naruto was glad that this seemed to have changed his father.

Sure, there was still the possibility that he'd revert back to his old self within a couple of days, but for now, he'd relish it while he could. The guy was sorry, he'd proven it, and hard as it was going to be, Naruto was going to try and give him a chance.

Extricating himself from the bed, and wincing when his father let out a pitiful sound at having lost Naruto's presence, he inched over Kiba and headed for the bathroom, shutting and locking the door behind him. He walked over to the toilet, lifted the lid, and then stared down.

In a way, he wanted to sit. He wanted to revert back to how he'd been, because staying how he was would just remind him of what he'd lost, and he could feel the hole in his chest beginning to ache. But, if he reverted back, it was like he wouldn't even try. Like he was pretty much confirming that his father wouldn't make an attempt, weird as that seemed.

So, sighing, and trying not to be too upset, he pulled his manhood through the flap at the front of his boxers and relieved himself before pressing his lips together and then tucking himself back in.

"See?" he said to himself. "That wasn't so bad."

Sure, it wasn't bad, but it didn't hurt any less. He didn't know what he was going to do. How he was going to survive now that he'd had someone like Essyu and never would again. No one would be good enough. He felt he'd probably have to settle for Kiba—if he could convince the other to go gay—because he was probably the only person Naruto would be able to tolerate.

He heard tentative knocking at the bathroom door and quickly washed his hands before pulling it open. Minato offered him a tired smile, reaching in to pull Naruto closer so he could kiss his forehead. The blond didn't think he would ever get used to his dad being like this.

"Come downstairs with me. I wanna talk to you about a few things."

Wincing at the words, because they seemed foreboding, Naruto nodded and grabbed himself some sweats, pulling them on before following after his father, staring enviously at Kiba who was still drooling on the floor, sound asleep.

Shutting his bedroom door quietly, he followed his old man to the stairs, then descended them and entered the dining room. Nobody was there, but there were two covered plates sitting at Naruto and his father's usual spots. They both sat and Naruto laughed slightly when he found ramen. It was probably cold, but that didn't matter. Ramen was ramen.

"I wanted to discuss a few things with you," Minato said, using his knife to crack open a hard-boiled egg. Naruto noticed he had toast and two eggs on his plate. His dad was probably going to mash the eggs up and make some kind of sandwich.

"Okay," he said warily, knowing these conversations usually had to do with his company.

"The most important one, I guess, is what you'd like to say."